Brain Organization of Language and Cognitive Processes

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Theoretical and Technical Approaches

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Microgenesis

      • Robert E. Hanlon, Jason W. Brown

      Pages 3-15

   3. Fractionation of Spatial Cognition following Focal and Diffuse Brain Damage

      • Dean C. Delis, Amy M. Bihrle

      Pages 17-35

   4. Anatomical and Physiological Correlations and Neuroimaging Techniques in Language Disorders

      • Andrew Kertesz

      Pages 37-59

   5. ERPs and Advances in Neurolinguistics

      • Sidney J. Segalowitz

      Pages 61-81

3. Development and Dissolution of Language

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83

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   2. Disorders in Language Acquisition and Cerebral Maturation

      • Lyda Mejia, Jorge Eslava-Cobos

      Pages 85-105

   3. Speech and Language Alterations in Dementia Syndromes

      • Jeffrey L. Cummings, D. Frank Benson

      Pages 107-120

4. Oral and Written Language Disorders

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121

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   2. Mechanisms Underlying Aphasic Transformations

      • Hugh W. Buckingham

      Pages 123-145

   3. Alexia and Agraphia in Spanish Speakers

      • Alfredo Ardila, Monica Rosselli, Oscar Pinzon

      Pages 147-175

   4. Semantic Aphasia Reconsidered

      • Alfredo Ardila, Maria Victoria Lopez, Eugenia Solano

      Pages 177-193

5. Basal Ganglia and Cognitive Activity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195

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   2. Cognitive Effects of Adrenal Autografting in Parkinson’s Disease

      • Feggy Ostrosky-Solis, Ignacio Madrazo, Rene Drucker-Colin, Luis Quintanar

      Pages 197-218

   3. The Striatum as a Temporary Memory Store

      • Roberto A. Prado-Alcalá

      Pages 219-226

6. Recovery from Brain Damage

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 227-227

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   2. Development and Plasticity in the Central Nervous System

      • Donald G. Stein

      Pages 229-252

7. Back Matter

   Pages 253-256

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Neuropsychology has presented a particularly formidable array of devel­ opments during recent years. The number of methods, theoretical ap­ proaches, and publications has been steadily increasing, permitting a step-by-step approach to a deeper understanding of the tremendously complex relationships existing between brain and behavior. This volume was planned as a collection of papers that, in one way or another, present new research and clinical perspectives or interpretations about brain-behavior relationships. Some chapters present new research in specific topics, others summarize the evidence for a particular the­ oretical position, and others simply review the area and suggest new perspectives of research. Consistent with the spirit in which the book was planned, the authors present and propose new avenues for developing neuropsychology and understanding the organization of cognitive activity. Part I is devoted to basic theoretical and technical approaches in studying brain organization of cognitive processes. Hanlon and Brown ("Microgenesis: Historical Review and Current Studies") present an over­ view of some clinical and experimental work from the standpoint of mi­ crogenetic theory. Microgenesis is considered to be the structural devel­ opment of a cognition through qualitatively different stages. The authors discuss the growing dissatisfaction with both the old center and pathway theories and the newer modular or componental accounts. They also ex­ plore how micro genesis can be extended to the interpretation of symp­ toms of brain damage in developing a structural model of hierarchic levels through which the process of cognitive function unfolds.

• behavior
• brain
• cognition
• neuropsychology
• psychology
• literary diction

• Miami Institute of Psychology, Miami, USA

  Alfredo Ardila

• National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico D.F., Mexico

  Feggy Ostrosky-Solis

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